Charles booker



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O. BOOKER.

DEVICE FOR PREVENTING REFILLING 0F BOTTLES.

No. 561,084. Patented June 2, 1896.

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I of a stopper of suitable material located and UNITED STATES PATE TOFFICE.

CHARLES BOOKER, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

DEVICE'FOR PREVENTIN SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Applicationfiled August 8, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES BOOKER, a citizen of Canada, and a residentof Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices to Prevent theRefilling of Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved device to prevent the refilling ofbottles, consisting secured in the neck of a bottle. This stopper issupplied with a split spring-ring, which fits in an annular groove inthe outer body of the stopper and also fits in a groove in the neck ofthe bottle, thus retaining the stopper in position. The stopper is alsosupplied in its interior with a lower valve, which covers the loweropening of the stopper,and a rigid guard to prevent tampering with saidvalve.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a bottle and stopperwhich will allow of the emptying of the bottle and will prevent therefilling of said bottle; second, to afford facilities for theadjustment of the stopper in the neck of the bottle, and, third, toprevent any possible means of entrance into the bottle from the exposedor upper part of the device. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is anenlarged sectional elevation of the neck of a bottle, showing myinvention in elevation inserted in position therein in its completeness.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same device detached from thebottle. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same with outer split ring removed,showing central disk and three apertures around said disk. Fig. 4 is aplan of the inner rigid guard, showing its three wings and its centrallower pin in broken lines. Fig. 5 is a plan of the lower valve havingcentral socket for said lower pin and outer three wings.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawings, A is the bottle, which has in its neck an interiorcircular groove B.

O'is the upper half of the stopper, and O the lower half, which is intwo parts, upper and lower, to facilitate the insertion of the GREFILLING BOTTLES.

Patent No. 561,084, dated June 2, 1896. Serial No. 558,612. (No model.)

interior parts, and is made of suitable material which will not corrode.The upper half of this stopper has an outer annular groove, having uppersquare shoulder, in which is placed the ring D. This ring is split, sothat when pressed against its groove the stopper can enter thebottle-neck, and when entered the spring-ring will widen out in diameterin the said groove in neck of bottle and retain the stopper in position,as shown.

The lower part of the stopper is supplied with a cork ring E, which fitsthe neck snugly. The upper part of neck of bottle is intended to havethe usual cork, which is not shown. The lower part of this stopper hasan interior flange or valve-seat 2, having central opening, on whichseat the valve F rests, covering said opening. This valve has threewings 3 and central socket 4, in which is a slight spiral spring 5.Immediately above this valve is a rigid guard H, having three wings G.The upper large flange of said guards rests upon the upper end of thelower half of stopper and fits snugly the lower end of upper half ofstopper, and the lower central and concaved part 7 of this guard, andwhich is connected to the guard by the wings 6, has an under. centralshank 8, which fits into the said socket 4 of valve and engages withsaid slight spiral spring 5. The upper half of stopper has a centraldisk 9, the outer circle of which is recessed or sunk in the upper faceof the stopper and is connected to the stopper by means of three wings10, thus forming three openings 12 between said disk and interior ofWall of stopper.

When pouring liquid out of the bottle, the force of the liquid createsan opening between the valve F and its seat, and the liquid passesthrough the three openings which are formed by the three wings or armsof said valve and the interior of wall of stopper 0, and thence throughthe three openings formed by the three wings or arms of the guard H andthrough its central aperture 14, and thence through the three openings12, which are formed in upper half 0 of stopper.

It will be perceptible in the construction of this device that the samewill not permit of any refilling of the bottle, on account of the spiralspring closing the valve when the bot tie is in vertical position, andalso the said valve will act and close even if the bottle is longitudiinlly or on an incline angle. This is a very important element in theconstruction thereof. Also another important feature in the constructionand arrangement of parts is that it is impossible to probe through to(lisarrange the valve or to find a center in the upper central disk fordrilling purposes. This invention secures the objects set forth.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination of a bottle having i11- terior groove, with twohalves of stopper pro vided with split spring-rin g in annular grooveand cork ring, and disk connected to stopper by wings which formopenings, the rigid guard having Wings, to form openings, and to connectto its lower central and concaved piece 7, which has a central pin toengage with valve, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a bottle having interior groove, with a stoppercomposed of upper half 0, having annular groove provided With splitspring-ring, and central disk connected by means of wings formingopenings, the lower half of stopper joined thereto, and provided withcork ring to fit said bottle and lower central opening, a rigid guardhaving Wings connected to lower central piece having lower projectingand central pin to fit in socket of valve, said valve having Win gs andspiral spring in said socket, substantially as described.

CHARLES HOOKER.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY C. FOWLER, FRED IloYLn.

